Garrett out at USC!!

[JWS]

I've waiting for this shoe to drop. After the NCAA sanctions, Garrett had to go...especially after his cavalier attitude I'm surprised, though, they're sending back Reggie Bush's Heisman Trophy. It truly marks the end of an era.

How ironic that Haden, who calls Notre Dame games for NBC, is the new AD.

MSNBC:
In a press release announcing the "retirement" of Mike Garrett as athletic director and the naming of Pat Haden as Garrett's replacement, USC president-elect Max Nikias addressed an issue that's been the source of much discussion/debate and plenty of controversy over the past few months.

Reggie Bush's 2005 Heisman Trophy. Or, as the case is now that there are new sheriffs in town, Reggie Bush's former Heisman Trophy.

Prefacing his remarks in the release by stating that the "Trojan Family honors and respects the USC sporting careers of those persons whose actions did not compromise their athletic programs", Nikias wrote that he has "instructed the senior vice president for administration to remove athletic jerseys and murals displayed in recognition of O.J. Mayo and Reggie Bush by mid-August... from Heritage Hall, the Galen Center and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum."

Then, Nikias' coup de grâce.

"The university will also return Mr. Bush's 2005 Heisman Trophy to the Heisman Trophy Trust in August."

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports...bushs-heisman/